KUTV Newswatch 2 at 6 and 10: Wednesday, September 27, 1978, 6 and 10 P.M. news

Digitized version of an aircheck for the color broadcast of the evening news from September 27th, 1978, originally recorded on U-matic videocassette. Includes commercials. Broadcast headlines 6 PM: National railroad strike stops railway traffic; 18-year-old admits he tried to blackmail Salt Lake County Commissioner Bill Hutchinson; Court battle over sixteen-month-old Kerrie Ellen Kuhel continues between foster parents and the Division of Family Services; US Senate gives final approval of the public works spending bill that contains full funding for the Central Utah Project; President Carter objects to the bill and threatens veto; Bluffdale, Utah's newest incorporated city, replaces water line with help from community volunteers; Troubleshooter: 12-year-old wants to join the KISS fan club; Congressman Gunn McKay wants Box Elder County declared a disaster area due to early-winter storm crop damage; Weather report; Local and national sports; interview with WAC player of the week BYU quarterback Jim McMahon; Dog finds a new home in Salt Lake City, other animals are not so lucky Broadcast headlines 10 PM: Israeli parliament unites behind the Camp David Accord; US Senate gives final approval of the public works spending bill that contains full funding for the Central Utah Project; President Carter objects to the bill and threatens veto; US Senate passes the natural gas price deregulation bill, a key part of President Carter's energy package; Investigators still looking for the cause of a fatal midair collision in San Diego; National railroad strike stops railway traffic; World and national news headlines; Defense rests its case in the morals trial of County Commissioner Bill Hutchinson; Weather report; Local and national sports; interview with University of Utah basketball alum Jeff Judkins who will likely play for the Boston Celtics; Wirth Watching: the circus comes to Salt Lake City